Facebook helping people stay connected

by Laura Cain, editorial assistant

I am a member of one of the largest online websites in the nation.

            Do not be so quick to assume that it is myspace, because I am actually talking about Facebook.

            I found out about facebook back in spring 2005 when one of my friends who attends University of Texas started her account with facebook. She spoke its praises and insisted that I start an account when I got my college e-mail address. I was able to start my account at Angelo State University, and ever since I did, I have been addicted.

            Facebook is a simple-and-easy-to-use website. It is less raunchy and even has a bit of safety, compared to other websites. When signing up for facebook, all you do is fill out whatever information it offers. You don’t have to worry about picking out colors or layouts. You just fill out what you want, and you are done.

            Facebook also does not display any inappropriate and excessively-sexual pictures. Personally, I hate going to a site and seeing half-naked individuals posted everywhere. Facebook is a bit more conservative. Also, since facebook was it was originally established at colleges, there are a lot less creepy people making up accounts.

            The thing I like most about facebook is the ability to have a connection with all sorts of people. I have found people that I went to elementary school with and lost track of afterwards. Not only do I find them, but I find out where they went, where they attended high school, where they go to school now, what their major is…The list is endless.

            I also find people I went to high school with who I never knew there. I can meet people in my classes through facebook. Facebook has actually been a way for me to establish relationships and rekindle relationships.

            There has been some confusion and judgment as to why facebook initially was only applicable to college students, instead of everybody. The truth that it never was originally intended to be so huge. In February 2004, a Harvard student started this website as a hobby in the dorms, and it spread throughout the school. It then expanded to all the Ivy League schools as a way for them to communicate.

            Eventually, its popularity grew and began to expand at colleges across the country. It then became available to high school students, and later was opened to everyone.

            The network does not have to be established anywhere. You do not have to have to go to college or have a college e-mail address. 

            I did not write this article to bash the popular Myspace. The reason why I do not have a Myspace web page is because I heard about facebook first, and I do not need another reason to be on the computer. I would probably enjoy it, but facebook has my heart.